Attachment for cooking utensils.



F. J. BRENDING.

ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1914.

1,153,77. Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

FREDERICK J. BRENIDING, OF BRAINERD, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. BREND- ING, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crow Wing and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Cooking Utensils, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments forcooking utensils, and has particular reference to that type ofattachments known as pan shields or jackets.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an annular sheetmetal body'member which may be employed as an auxiliary rim forincreasing'the depth ofa cooking utensil, such as a frying pan, bakingpan, pie pan, or the like, by being removably positioned on the upperedge-thereof.

A further object is to construct the shield or auxiliary rim in suchmanner that its diameter may be increased or decreased at the will ofthe operator, whereby the shield will conform-to cooking utensils ofvarious sizes.

An object of equal importance with the foregoing is to so construct theshield that it may also serve as a support or base for a baking pan orthe like, so that the pan may be quickly converted for use as a fryingpan or skillet of more than ordinary depth, and may be supported abovethe burner or fire hole of the stove.

A still further object is to provide a novel form of clamping meanswhereby the meeting terminals of the annular body member may be held inadjusted position "after having been moved one over the other in the actof adjusting the shield to a certain sized "pan.

A still further object is to provide a device of the character set forthwhich,while adapted for many uses, is simple in its construction, may becheaply manufactured, and will be durable and eflicient in its action,being capable of quick application to or removal from all ordinary formsof utensils.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claimswhich are appended hereto and form. a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred em- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed March 10, 1214. Serial No. 823,716.

bodiment ofthis invention as it is reduced to practice, and'throughoutthe several views of which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the panshield in operative assembled position on a frying pan; Fig. 2 is avertical section taken diametrically through the shield showing it inconnection with a baking pan; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section takenthrough the wall of the shield, illustrating in detail the clampingmembers which are employed in holding the terminals of the shield in thedesired adjusted position; Fig. 4: is a detail fragmentary view,illustrating the terminals of the shield in disassembled relation.

Proceeding now to the description of the drawings and referringparticularly to Fig. l, in which the invention is illustrated inconnection with a frying pan, the numeral 10 designates as an entiretythe body of the shield member while the numeral 1 1 designates thefrying pan which may be of any convenient type and does not form anypart of the present invention. In this connection it is desired todirect particular emphasis to the fact that the shield of the presentinvention may be eificiently employed in connection with almost any typeof cooking utensil 'without requiring any alteration in itsconstruction. c The body 10 of the shield is constructed from an,elongated substantially oblong sheet of metal, tin being preferablyused, although any other suitable metal may be employed if founddesirable. The metal sheet from which the member 10 is con structed ispressed or stamped in thewell known'manner'to produce a number'oflongitudinally extending parallel corrugations or beads indicated at 12;'It will'be seen on reference to Fig. 1 that these corrugations formonthe inner face of the member 10, when it has been bent into theannular form shown in Fig. 1, a series of parallel channels, andthat'they, at the same time, produce on the outer face of the bodymemher a number of parallel ribs. The purpose in thus shaping the bodymember 10 is to provide anefiective joint when the terminals of themember 10 are engaged in the manner shown in the drawings.

As stated, the meeting terminals of the member 10 are adapted to slideone upon the other so that the diameter of the shield may be increasedor decreased at the will of the operator to conform in size to the rimsof cooking utensils of various kinds and sizes. In holding the meetingterminals of the body member orband 10, the present invention preferablyemploys a pair of clamping devices which are applied to the terminals ofthe member 10 as indicated at 13 and 14: in Fig. 4. Each of theseclamp-' ing members consists in an elongated strip of metal, theterminalsof which are bent toward one another,'forming the clampingmembers 15 and 16 of the clampingplate 14L engage over the upper andlower edges of the adjacent terminal 18 of the member 10 and aredisposed exteriorly of the shield as will be plainly-seen upon referenceto Fig. .1. The hook members 15 and 16'of the clamping devices 13 aresimilarly applied to the terminal 19 of the member, 10 and are disposedinteriorly of the shield as .will also be apparent upon reference toFig. 1.-

From the foregoing description it will be readily appreciated that theuser of the shield mayquickly change the diameter of the shield by.sliding the terminals 18 and 19 one upon the other and that when theterminals have been properly adjusted, they will be held againstaccidental shifting by reason of the fact that the body memberlO-naturally tends tostraighten itself out and as a result, the terminals18 and 19 will bind in opposite vdirections on the gripping lips 15 and16 ofthe. two members 13 and 14:. The exteriorly disposed terminal18- ofthe shield member is equipped with a handle indicated at .20. Thishandle is riveted or otherwise secured by fastening devices 21 to ighemembers 17 in the manner best shown in ig. 1. X

The .lowerfedge of the shield carries a number (preferably three,although a greater number may be employed, if desired). of L-shapedvbracket members as shown at 22. One legiof each of thesebracketsisriveted 'orotherwise secured as at 23 to the outer side of theband member 10 and at the. lower edge'so that. the longer-leg of eachbracket will extend laterally from the shield. It is thus possible, asin Fig, 1, to

quickly position the shield in the proper re- 'lation to the frying panor other utensil by arranging the lower edge of the shield interiorly ofthe rim of, the utensil and resting the horizontal legs of the brackets22 on the rim of the utensil. These bracket 'mem- I bers 22, also servea further purpose for they may be employed in properly supporting theshield in the stove hole. Fig. 2 shows a further application of theshield forit will be seen that a baking pan, indicated at 2 1,

' is arranged within the shield and is clamped against accidentaldisplacement therefrom by the insertion of the peripheral bead 25, 7such as is customarily formed on baking pans and similarcooking'utensils, in one of the channels formed on the inner face of theshield 10 by the beads 12, as has been hereinbefore explained. Byproperly adjusting the terminals 18 and 19 of the shield body, it willbe obvious that the baking pan will be securely held therein andthat theshield, V aswell as forming an auxiliary rim which increases the depthof the baking pan, serves to properly support the pan' over the firehole of the stove.

Before concluding the description of the drawings, it is desired' 'tocall attention to' several of the importantiadvantagesresulting from thenovel structure employed in my invention. One of the principaladvantages claimed is that the shieldis adapted for a two-fold usage. Itmay be employed solely as an auxiliary rim for a cooking 95 utensil bybeing properly positioned on the upper edge thereof or maybe utilizedboth,

7 as an auxiliary rim for increasing the'depth of the cooking utensil,and as a base .for

properly supporting the utensil over the fire hole of a stove. In thisconnection, it'may be well to explain that when the shield of myinvention is used on a gas stove, the

lower edge of the shield is, of course, mountedon a burner to surroundthe flame and there is thus formed a housing which will confine the heatand insure a thorough and uniform cooking of the contents of theutensil. ploying my shield in connection with various forms of cookingutensils is that it 110 V will prevent the spattering of grease whenmeats, vegetablesor the like are being fried.

In'reduction to practice, it has been found v 7 that the form ofthisinvention illustrated in the drawings, and referred'to in the abovedescription as the preferred embodiment,.is

themosteiiicient and practical; yetrealizing that the conditionsconcurrent .with the I adoption of this device will necessarily vary, 1

it is desired to emphasize theffactlthat various minor changes indetails of construe-1 tion, proportion andarrangement of parts may beresorted to,iwhen required, without sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis in vention, as-defined in the appended claims. Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is: g

1. An attachment for cooking utensils including an extensible body.member formed from a continuous sheetof resilient metal, 130

A further advantage obtained in eml the terminals of which overlap andare adapted to slide one above the other, whereby the member may beexpanded or contracted, and coacting clamping members carried by theterminals of the body member, each clamping member being engageable withthe opposed terminal of the body member for holding the terminals inadjusted position, each of said clamping members consisting of a metalbar having terminally formed hooks adapted to embrace the upper andlower edges of the body member terminals, the terminal portions of thebody member being rolled to embrace the intermediate portion of the barmembers for securing the bar members in position.

2. An attachment for cooking utensils including a flexible body memberhaving its extremities overlapped, transversely extending stripssupported terminally of the member, the extremities of the member beingrolled to embrace said strips and the extremities of the stripsprojecting laterally beyond opposite side edges of the member, thelaterally directed terminals of each of said strips being bent towardeach other to provide hooks freely embracing the side edges of themember, and a series of transversely spaced annular sockets formed inthe said member and each adapted to receive a terminal flange of acooking utensil.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with anextensible body member having its terminals adj ustably connected, of aseries of transversely spaced annular sockets formed in the body member,and means carried by the body member and projecting laterally therefromin a plane below and upon one side of said series, the said means beingadapted to engage the peripheral edge of a cooking utensil with the saidbody member disposed within the utensil and each of said sockets beingadapted to engage the terminal flange of a cooking vessel whereby thebody member will support the cooking vessel within the said utensil andin spaced relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. J. BRENDING.

Witnesses:

MILTON MCFADDEN, G. W. CHADBOURNE.

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